For me, the ransom of my bold attempt Re-enter King RICHARD, RATCLIFF, Attendants, and Forces. K. Rich. What said Northumberland, as touching Richmond? Rat. That he was never trained up in arms. then? Rat. He smil'd and said, the better for our purpose. K. Rich. He was i'the right; and so, indeed, it is. [Clock strikes. Tell the clock there.-Give me a calendar. Who saw the sun to-day? Rat. Not I, my lord. K. Rich. Then he disdains to shine; for, by the book, He should have brav'd the east an hour ago; A black day will it be to somebody, Ratcliff Rat. My lord? K. Rich. The sun will not be seen to-day; The sky doth frown and lour upon our army. I would, these dewy tears were from the ground, Not shine to-day! Why, what is that to me, the ransom of my bold attempt -] The fine paid by me in atonement for my rashness shall be my dead corse. 7 God, and Saint George!] Saint George was the common cry of the English soldiers when they charged the enemy. 8 bray'd the east-] i. e. made it splendid. More than to Richmond? for the self-same heaven, That frowns on me, looks sadly upon him. Enter NORFolk. Nor. Arm, arm, my lord; the foe vaunts in the field. K. Rich. Come, bustle, bustle;-Caparison my horse ; Call up lord Stanley, bid him bring his power: My forward shall be drawn out all in length, Our archers shall be placed in the midst: In the main battle; whose puissance on either side Nor. A good direction, warlike sovereign. [Giving a Scrawl. K, Rich. Jocky of Norfolk, be not too bold, [Reads. For Dickon' thymaster is bought and sold. A thing devised by the enemy. Go, gentlemen, every man unto his charge: Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law. 9 This, and Saint George to boot !] To boot is to help. Dickon thy master, &c.] Dickon is the ancient familia rization of Richard. In the words-bought and sold, there is somewhat proverbial, March on, join bravely, let us to't pell-mell; What shall I say more than I have infer'd? And not these bastard Bretagnes, whom our fathers Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen! A sort of vagabonds,] i. e. a company, a collection. 3 Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!] That is, fright the skies with the shivers of your lances. JOHNSON. Enter a Messenger. What says lord Stanley? will he bring his power? K. Rich. Off instantly with his son George's head. Nor. My lord, the enemy is pass'd the marsh; After the battle let George Stanley die. K. Rich. A thousand hearts are great within my Advance our standards, set upon our foes; SCENE IV. Another Part of the Field. Alarum: Excursions. Enter NORFOLK, and Forces; to him CATESBY. Cate. Rescue, my lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! The king enacts more wonders than a man, Daring an opposite to every danger; His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights, Alarum. Enter King RICHARD. K. Rich. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Cate. Withdraw, my lord, I'll help you to a horse. K. Rich. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him :A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [Exeunt. Alarums. Enter King RICHARD and RICHMOND; and exeunt, fighting. Retreat, and flourish. Then enter RICHMOND, STANLEY, bearing the Crown, with divers other Lords, and Forces. Richm. God, and your arms, be prais'd, victorious friends; The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead. Stan. Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee! Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty, Richm. Great God of heaven, say, amen, to all!But, tell me first, is young George Stanley living? Stan. He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town; Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us. Richm. What men of name are slain on either side? Stan. John duke of Norfolk, Walter lord Ferrers, Sir Robert Brakenbury, and sir William Brandon. Richm. Inter their bodies as becomes their births. Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled, That in submission will return to us; And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament, |